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foreign policy on fighting terrorism and is other key issues, we expect to hear more on the white house news conference scheduled to begin in 90 minutes kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and diane feinstein plans to give continued authority. she heads the senate select committee on intelligence. they are drafting legislation to put restrictions on the nsa phone records program. the legislation would allow the nsa to continue gathering records listing the numbers, time and duration of all u.s. telephone calls but not their content the. >>> time is 8:15. well, this week marks the first anniversary of superstorm sandy. one of the nation's worst natural disaster. this morning historic ellis island will reopen for the first time since that big storm slammed into new york harbor. superstorm sandy ravaged the island, left it without power for several months. the clean up work is far from over despite the reopening today. ellis island is best known as you know for ushering millions of immigrants into the united states over the years. now, a lot oaf us also remember this, remember this, the
foreign policy on fighting terrorism and is other key issues, we expect to hear more on the white house news conference scheduled to begin in 90 minutes kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and diane feinstein plans to give continued authority. she heads the senate select committee on intelligence. they are drafting legislation to put restrictions on the nsa phone records program. the legislation would allow the nsa to continue gathering records listing the numbers, time and duration...
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foreign policy affairs in that region that actively influencing those affairs and i think the events in libya in syria and they are very. illustrative testament to that but ambassador jordan the what leverage does the united states really have of the saudi arabia you seem to move from one death crisis to the next they're awash with money you need the oil they are the ones who are setting the prices if you say no they turn around and walk to the chinese isn't it the case that the united states nowadays depends on saudi arabia to much more significant extent and then vice versa the leverage united states has recently rabia has a lot to do with a defense shield that i think still exists there is no other country in the world that is capable of or like a. willing to come to the aid of saudi arabia if their existence is threatened so we do have that at the at the at the basis i think we have a common national interest in fighting terrorism we have a common national interest in maintaining a stable price of oil throughout the world and i think we have a common national interest in being su
foreign policy affairs in that region that actively influencing those affairs and i think the events in libya in syria and they are very. illustrative testament to that but ambassador jordan the what leverage does the united states really have of the saudi arabia you seem to move from one death crisis to the next they're awash with money you need the oil they are the ones who are setting the prices if you say no they turn around and walk to the chinese isn't it the case that the united states...
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that loss of diplomatic military power affected russian foreign policy? is there a desire to reclaim that to some extent? how has that affected the u.s., the state department of'-- state department's attitude toward russia? ok, american university. who wants to start? [laughter] >> first, i would take issue as thehether we have lost status of superpower. the whole notion of superpower is something that needs to be defined. summary of to you a the report by the research service of the u.s. congress. it is about russia. what russia presents to the united states. is still a nuclear superpower. influences thea interest of national security of ,he united states and europe the middle east and asia. it is not me. it is them. russia plays a very important role in arms control, nonproliferation and the fight against terrorism. owns natural resources scope greater range and than anybody else including the united states. i recommend that you read it. >> 30 years ago, we would have all known that. >> [inaudible] say is that i think the congressional research arvice p
that loss of diplomatic military power affected russian foreign policy? is there a desire to reclaim that to some extent? how has that affected the u.s., the state department of'-- state department's attitude toward russia? ok, american university. who wants to start? [laughter] >> first, i would take issue as thehether we have lost status of superpower. the whole notion of superpower is something that needs to be defined. summary of to you a the report by the research service of the u.s....
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foreign policy in the middle east. >> one the u.s. is committed to maintaining the peace treaty between egypt and israel and it can simply not end a relationship with egypt in order to maintain that peace treaty. that is where you see the material or the military parts that are still being given to the military to help preserve the security in the sinai peninsula, for example. there is also the matter of trying to enhance the u.s.' stature across the middle east. it would not due for the obama administration to cut off all ties with the country with who it's had a long standing political and military relationship because of these political problems. >> with that said one. points secon secretary kerry isg while he is in cairo, this interm government cannot exist in perpetuity. it needs to get on with the business of constitutional reforms and establishing elections for a new democratically elected president and parliament. and it need to take on has to steps much soonerrather than later. >> let's talk about this visit to ki cairo. we d
foreign policy in the middle east. >> one the u.s. is committed to maintaining the peace treaty between egypt and israel and it can simply not end a relationship with egypt in order to maintain that peace treaty. that is where you see the material or the military parts that are still being given to the military to help preserve the security in the sinai peninsula, for example. there is also the matter of trying to enhance the u.s.' stature across the middle east. it would not due for the...
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foreign policy in the middle east - one, the u.s. is committed to maintaining the peace treaty between egypt and israel. it cannot end a relationship with egypt in order to maintain the peace treaty. that is where you see some of the material, some of the military parts that are being given to the military to help preserve the security in the sinai peninsula. there's the matter of enhancing the u.s.'s stature across the great e-middle east. it would -- greater middle east. it would not do for the barack obama situation to cut off all ties with a country with whom it has had a longstanding political relationship. one of points that john kerry is making whilst in cairo is that the interim government, backed by the military, can't exist inperpetuaty, it needs to get on with establishing elections for a democratic-elected parliament and needs to take the steps sooner rather than later. >> let's talk about the visit to cairo. we didn't know about it until he landed, which makes you think iraq, afghanistan - dangerous places. what are the
foreign policy in the middle east - one, the u.s. is committed to maintaining the peace treaty between egypt and israel. it cannot end a relationship with egypt in order to maintain the peace treaty. that is where you see some of the material, some of the military parts that are being given to the military to help preserve the security in the sinai peninsula. there's the matter of enhancing the u.s.'s stature across the great e-middle east. it would -- greater middle east. it would not do for...
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wants to stop but i think you know al-qaeda serves a very useful purpose for american foreign policy and for israel to saudi arabia you know the fact is that if al qaeda didn't exist it have to be invented it serves an awful lot of good purposes for united states to push its agenda around the world and i think it's got to be a sea change in the u.s. if the u.s. was really serious about al qaeda and wanting to deal with it they would do they wouldn't be supporting al-qaeda in syria they would be wanting a secular regime in syria to be toppled they would be actually supporting president assad in syria they wouldn't be wanting regime change in libya would be so i think the answer your question the future ok depends on the u.s. the u.s. helped create al qaeda and this islamic terrorism and it's up to us to stop it if it really wanted to but their policy show that they're not really interested in doing that i'm afraid neil clark journalist and broadcaster they giving his his thoughts on what's happening in iraq. and as jihad is the militants keep up their war of attrition against syria's
wants to stop but i think you know al-qaeda serves a very useful purpose for american foreign policy and for israel to saudi arabia you know the fact is that if al qaeda didn't exist it have to be invented it serves an awful lot of good purposes for united states to push its agenda around the world and i think it's got to be a sea change in the u.s. if the u.s. was really serious about al qaeda and wanting to deal with it they would do they wouldn't be supporting al-qaeda in syria they would be...
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policy at the friends committee on national legislation and a professor at george mason university one gentleman in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to very much encourage you to michael if i go to you and in washington two years on the libyan people living better better than before the intervention that overthrew. and we're seeing the same playbook u.s. playbook in syria that we saw on libya you know our prior to station in libya was military wasn't state building wasn't capacity building wasn't economic development we threw a lot of money at them a lot of arms which is now trickled down to tunisia year in mali thirty seven billion unfrozen at the state department another one hundred fifty billion globally .
policy at the friends committee on national legislation and a professor at george mason university one gentleman in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to very much encourage you to michael if i go to you and in washington two years on the libyan people living better better than before the intervention that overthrew. and we're seeing the same playbook u.s. playbook in syria that we saw on libya you know our prior to station in libya was military wasn't state building wasn't...
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policy at the friends committee on national legislation and a professor at george mason university and gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to very much encourage you to michael if i go to you and in washington two years on the libyan people living better better than before the intervention that overthrew colonel gadhafi certainly not and we're seeing the same playbook u.s. playbook in syria that we saw in libya you know our prior to zation in libya was military wasn't state building wasn't capacity building wasn't economic development we threw out a lot of money at them a lot of arms which is now a trickle down it's a nice year in mali thirty seven billion unfrozen at the state department another one hundred fifty billion globally dumped into the fractious rebel groups so unsurprisingly they're very divided still and we're seeing that play out without saeed who is the rebel leader who kidnapped the prime minister earlier this month so the lives aren't better but that's because we didn't prioritize that and we're not purchasing that in syria a
policy at the friends committee on national legislation and a professor at george mason university and gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to very much encourage you to michael if i go to you and in washington two years on the libyan people living better better than before the intervention that overthrew colonel gadhafi certainly not and we're seeing the same playbook u.s. playbook in syria that we saw in libya you know our prior to zation in libya...
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and he campaigns on foreign policy. this is where one of everyone's favorite truman stories comes out. shall nominate tells him on a train, go out there and give him hell. theof the reporters -- this -- these things happen. give him hell, harry. cressey had done that before, once when the machines had gotten him elected in missouri, and they fell apart he won on his own personality. >> he was not a great orator. we do not look at truman speeches like a lincoln speeches. in a small group and small crowd to my he to win every by the over. -- crowd, he could when anybody over. >> it wrote to the people. >> what was media coverage like? >> radio and print. he brought a sense of television. it was toward the end. polling was so far ahead that they stopped polling a couple weeks before the election took place. that was why the numbers were so off. >> basement a lot of time on the train. they were always ready. >> they were on the train a lot. >> we do not talk about key west. how did they use key west? go fishing ando swimmin
and he campaigns on foreign policy. this is where one of everyone's favorite truman stories comes out. shall nominate tells him on a train, go out there and give him hell. theof the reporters -- this -- these things happen. give him hell, harry. cressey had done that before, once when the machines had gotten him elected in missouri, and they fell apart he won on his own personality. >> he was not a great orator. we do not look at truman speeches like a lincoln speeches. in a small group...
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and also defend your policies. i think it is only a matter of time before we have someone saying foreign leaders have a constitutional right. you had said before the importance of timing is whether or not the metadata is controlled by the company or by the nsa and there have been delays as far as getting the information. case that has had some -- if you could explain to us -- this is one incident. this one incident could result in hundreds of thousands dead. how important was section 215? how important was that as far as timing, insuring that everything will be connected? also ask us the extension of that -- also discussed the extent of that. >> i want to thank you for your support of the men and women in the intelligence committee kilometer to the real authorities in this case. >> thank you. >> i'll take a whack at that. i will let general alexander correct my omissions. as you recall in early september 2009, while monitoring the pakistan, nsa contacted somebody in the united states who was ultimately identified a
and also defend your policies. i think it is only a matter of time before we have someone saying foreign leaders have a constitutional right. you had said before the importance of timing is whether or not the metadata is controlled by the company or by the nsa and there have been delays as far as getting the information. case that has had some -- if you could explain to us -- this is one incident. this one incident could result in hundreds of thousands dead. how important was section 215? how...
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but foreign policy is not a zero-sum game. if we can find ways to resolve disputes peacefully, we are wise to explore them. engagement is not appeasement, nor is it containment. we know what those are, we know where they lead, and we will not pursue them. and president obama has repeatedly made clear that words are not enough. action must match words. we understand why this is so important to so many people. because we've all been to yad vashem. earlier this year, i had the opportunity to revisit yad vashem. i had been there before, but this time was special for, because i brought my son, ziller, with me. i wanted him to see the harsh realities of the depths of evil, and the beautiful tribute to the victims of the past. yad vashem is an instruction for future generations -- like all great memorials. a warning to never ever again stand idly by in the face of hatred and bigotry. we know that ridding our world of hatred takes more than just work, imagination, and so on. it will always demand commitment, sacrifice, and courage. it
but foreign policy is not a zero-sum game. if we can find ways to resolve disputes peacefully, we are wise to explore them. engagement is not appeasement, nor is it containment. we know what those are, we know where they lead, and we will not pursue them. and president obama has repeatedly made clear that words are not enough. action must match words. we understand why this is so important to so many people. because we've all been to yad vashem. earlier this year, i had the opportunity to...
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the topic is foreign intelligence surveillance. we are pleased to have as theesses, james baker with department of justice, office of intelligence, and policy review. judge james carr, a senior federal judge of the united states district court and formerly a judge from 2002 2008. sillinger, a former doj attorney at the computer crime and electrical property section. these make your remarks and then afterwards we will have five minutes for each of the board members. >> thank you very much. i would like to thank the board for inviting me back. it is an honor to be here and an honor to be able to discuss these kinds of issues in this type of setting. i appreciate the opportunity. i have just a couple of quick comments. is focus of our discussion on 702 of the fisa amendment act patriot act.e while these are very important statutorily authorized and judicial he reviewed surveillance programs involving the collections and communications -- collection of commit occasions and to medications data with many americans, they are only part of
the topic is foreign intelligence surveillance. we are pleased to have as theesses, james baker with department of justice, office of intelligence, and policy review. judge james carr, a senior federal judge of the united states district court and formerly a judge from 2002 2008. sillinger, a former doj attorney at the computer crime and electrical property section. these make your remarks and then afterwards we will have five minutes for each of the board members. >> thank you very much....
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policy, whether the central government is on board because the prime minister of pakistan is going to be briefed by his cabinet in the next few hours and is going to be some sort of outcome from that particular meeting with the prime minister later tonight. >> we will continue to follow that, and thank you. elections turn violent sunday in parts of kosovo and masked men burst in throwing tear gas and smashing ballot boxes and the police were across the city and the first time they are voting in local elections since they declared independence in 2008. when the storm season calms and dangerous exit begins and 50 people are missing after a boat capsized and eight people were rescued and carrying muslims and they are a muslim minority in myanmar and persecuted and 200 people have been killed in violence and hundreds in camps and they tried to flee the country. east of the bay another boat accident killed at least six tourists, a boat capsized and it was over crowded and took on water and sank. the capacity is 150 but there have been more than 200 on board. witnesses say there were not en
policy, whether the central government is on board because the prime minister of pakistan is going to be briefed by his cabinet in the next few hours and is going to be some sort of outcome from that particular meeting with the prime minister later tonight. >> we will continue to follow that, and thank you. elections turn violent sunday in parts of kosovo and masked men burst in throwing tear gas and smashing ballot boxes and the police were across the city and the first time they are...
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agents. >> one major point was made to surveillance policies, saying everybody else is doing it too. they claim some of the information came from nato allies, not u.s. spying. greece has admitted to spying on the u.s. and others in the 1990's at the hearing. james clapper made it clear the u.s. is in good company. >> you believe that the allies have conducted or at any time any type of espionage activity against the united states of america, our intelligence service leaders or otherwise? >> absolutely. >> he said the white house was aware the n.s.a. oversees eavesdropping all along, but may not have known specifics. >> russian leaders denying reports of spying on overseas leaders. they are accused of passing out bugged gift bags at last months g-20 summit. the report by two italian newspapers say delegates were given memory sticks and phone chargers equipped with spyware. it's unclear how many leaders received the bags or used the free bees. >> edward snowden can earn a ticket out of russia if he testifies about spying. germany are investigating reports the u.s. tapped their chancell
agents. >> one major point was made to surveillance policies, saying everybody else is doing it too. they claim some of the information came from nato allies, not u.s. spying. greece has admitted to spying on the u.s. and others in the 1990's at the hearing. james clapper made it clear the u.s. is in good company. >> you believe that the allies have conducted or at any time any type of espionage activity against the united states of america, our intelligence service leaders or...